SafeWork Australia has consulted with regulators, unions and industry groups in developing a Decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) Managing the risks associated with lead in the workplace: blood...
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Safe Work Australia has published a revised version of the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022 to ensure it continues making a difference in Australian workplaces. Some minor...
By Phil Abernethy Land contamination is the degradation of the earth’s land surface through poor agricultural practices, mineral exploitation, industrial waste dumping, the introduction of hazardous...
In the mining and resources industries, safety is an obvious priority, and every year there are brand new innovative products that help sites become safer by using them. Innovation doesn’t only come...
Dust Management – The importance of keeping dust under control in our mines A perspective from Dr Rob McCartney, Occupational Physician, Resile For the past couple of years, the...
The Government of Western Australia Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has released Choosing the right mental health training for your organisation – Guide. It can be found...
The department has developed an information sheet that summarises the amendments to the Dangerous Goods Safety (Explosives) Regulations 2007 and the Dangerous Goods Safety (Storage and Handling of...
Connected technology reduces maintenance and increases reliability Rockwell Automation introduces the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster GuardLink safety system, a new safety-based communications protocol...
A customisable mechanical foaming dispensing system is now available through leading fine particle specialists, Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST), for the application of their Hi-Foam technology...
By Professor Samantha Hepburn – Director, Centre for Energy and Natural Resource Law Spectacular increases in global energy demand over the last few decades have prompted a corresponding...
MinEx is keen to see some changes to extractives sector Certificates of Competence (CoC) introduced as quickly as possible. Along with other industry representatives, including AQA and IOQNZ, MinEx...
Maintenance workers at New Hope Group’s Jeebropilly Mine in Ipswich can add “inventor” to their resume after an in-house developed innovation delivered significant improvements to the mine’s...
